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Inspired by If I had a hammer I'd SMASH Patriarchy the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies, Sage Art Center, and the Film and
Media Studies Program at the University of Rochester in conjunction with 1 Billion Rising (VDAY Rochester 2013) is pleased to announce a call for feminist photography. We are accepting photography only. We encourage students, faculty, staff, and community members to submit work. No previous photography
experience necessary. All work must be original. Work must be submitted ready to hang. Art submitted to the show must be around the theme: re-imagining film and media through a feminist lens (examples could include: images of violence, sexism, or misogyny in film/media re-imagined through a feminist lens, a critique on these images, or creating a space through photography for women in male dominated spaces).
Deadline to submit in 2/1/13. The show will run 2/5/13-2/13/13 in Sage Art Center at the University of Rochester Campus with a reception on 2/9/13. Work will need to be picked up by 2/15/13. The show will be juried by faculty in the Art & Art History Department and in the Film and Media Studies Program and a prize of $100 will be awarded to the best submission. For more information contact Angela Clark-Taylor at sbai@rochester.edu or (585) 275-6948.

Melissa Harris-Perry, noted scholar and host of her own MSNBC current affairs program, will deliver the University of Rochester's 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address. The talk is free and open to the public.

Join SBAI at Sage as we announce the winners of our 2013 annual undergraduate juried art show: (en)Gendered. This year's guest juror will give a gallery talk and announce this winners and honorable mentions. Enjoy refreshments and mingle with students and staff at one of our favorite events! The top art pieces this year will be moved to the Art and Music Library and exhibited there for the following month.

To celebrate the founding of the Institute for Popular Music (IPM) at the University of Rochester, the IPM is pleased to announce that Jocelyn Neal will deliver the Inaugural Lecture, titled "Ladies Love Country Boys: Gendered Narratives and the Meaning of Country Music." Jocelyn Neal is Associate Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Director of the UNC Center for the Study of the American South. Professor Neal received her Ph.D. from the Eastman School of Music. Event is co-sponsored by SBAI.

Join the Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Leadership and the University of Rochester Women's Club in celebrating 113 years of Women at the University. Honor the 2013 Award Recipients, including the 2013 SBA Lifetime Achievement Award. Tickets are $25 for UR students, $45 per person, or a table of 8 for $340. Questions and RSVP to acwl@mail.rochester.edu.

This panel is sponsored by the Frederick Douglass Institute as part of its year-long series "Social Justice Revisited" and runs in conjuncion with the RACE exhibit on display at the Rochester Museum and Science Center. Speakers include William Johnson, Jr. (Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Urban Studies at RIT and former Mayor of Rochester), Judy Marquez Kiyama (Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at UR), James Norman (CEO, Action for a Better Community), Michael Blakely (Professor of Anthropology, College of William and Mary), Yolanda Moses (Vice Chancellor of Diversity and Professor of Anthropology, University of California-Riverside). President Joel Seligman will present Dr. Moses with the Frederick Douglass Medal.

Carolyn Ducey, Curator of Collections at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum, University of Nebraska, will present the first lecture of the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies 2013 Humanities Project Series: The World of Susan B. Anthony. Her talk is titled "Reminiscences of Women's Work: Quilts in Religion, Politics and Reform". This event is free and open to the public and will be followed by an hors d'oeuvres reception. Visit http://www.rochester.edu/college/humanities/projects/index.php?sba to learn more about the World of Susan B. Anthony Series. Email sbai@rochester.edu with questions.

Inspired by If I had a hammer Id SMASH Patriarchy," the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Womens Studies, Sage Art Center, the Department of Art and Art History, and the Film and Media Studies Program at the University of Rochester -- in conjunction with One Billion Rising (VDAY Rochester 2013) -- put out a call for feminist photography: "If I Had a Camera.... " Re-imagining Film and Media Through a Feminist Lens. The show is juried by faculty from Art and Art History and the Film and Media Studies Program at the University of Rochester, with a $100 prize for the best submission. Join us to view submissions (from Rochester community members as well as UR faculty, students, and staff!), find out the juror's choice winner, and celebrate the One Billion Rising initiative to end violence against women and girls! Art will be displayed at Sage Art Center from 2/5 - 2/13. Snacks will be served! Parking on campus is free on weekends.

The first mentoring event of the spring semester. Beth Jorgensen, Professor of Spanish and SBAI affiliate, will share her tips and advice about the process of becoming a full professor. This event is for tenure-track faculty women. RSVP to sbai@rochester.edu.

Last year, SBAI began an annual tradition: a celebration of Anthony's birthday. On this day each year, SBAI and friends make an annual trip to Anthony's gravesite in Mount Hope Cemetery to lay yellow roses, the symbol of suffrage, on her grave. A student-selected woman leader from the University of Rochester gives a brief statement before placing the roses on the grave. This year, students chose Eleana Kim, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, to be the special guest. Following the gravesite visit, everyone will reconvene at the University to have birthday cake and look at artifacts from Anthony's life. This year, SBAI has partnered with the Rush Rhees Library to present "A Citizen's Right to Vote: United States vs. Susan B. Anthony," which will be exhibited during Anthony's birth month through May. ***All University and community members are welcome to join in the celebration. RSVP to sbai@rochester.edu by February 12 (rides to the cemetery are available!). We will leave River Campus for Mt. Hope Cemetery at 10am, and meet back on campus at the Welles Brown Room (Rush Rhees Library) at 11:00am for cake and an exhibit talk by co-curators Angela Clark-Taylor and Lori Birrell.**

Join Mrs. Judith Martin--better known as journalist, author, and etiquette authority "Miss Manners"--for the second lecture of the World of Susan B. Anthony 2013 Humanities Project Series. The event is free and open to the public, and will be followed by an hors d'oeuvres reception. Visit http://www.rochester.edu/college/humanities/projects/index.php?sba to learn more about the World of Susan B. Anthony Series. Email sbai@rochester.edu with questions.

Presented by University of Rochester Women's Caucus and cosponsored by the Anthony Center for Women's Leadership and the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies. Tickets avaible at the Common Market and at the door. Students: $5. Faculty, staff, and community: $7.

Join us for the first research seminar of the spring semester! John Osburg, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, will share his work in progress. Dr. Osburg's research is broadly concerned with the relationship between market economies and systems of cultural value, affect, and morality. His current book project, Anxious Wealth: Money, Morality, and Social Networks among Chinas New Rich, examines the rise of elite networks in China and documents the changing values, lifestyles, and consumption habits of Chinas new rich and new middle classes. His research also examines changing gender relations in Post-Mao China and the ways in which money and material wealth intersect with ideologies of love and feelings in peoples social, marital, and romantic relationships. His other research interests include consumer culture, political corruption, post-socialism, and organized crime.**Lunch is provided - RSVP to sbai@rochester.edu by 2/25/13.**

Professor Julie A. Nelson will give the annual Susan B. Anthony Keynote Lecture, which runs in conjunction with the SBAI International Graduate Conference. Professor Nelson is a feminist economist and Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Email sbai@rochester.edu for more information. Event is free and open to the public.

Graduate Certificate Applications are due in late Certificate Applications due March of each year for May graduates. Part I: Graduate Certificate Plans are due in November of each year. Visit the Graduate pages on our website for more information. Contact sbai@rochester.edu or 585-275-8318 with questions.

To celebration International Women's Day and Women's History Month, the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies organizes an annual historic trip. This year, SBAI and friends will be traveling to the Matilda Joslyn Gage House for a day of learning and exploring. More details to be announced as planning continues. Fees including entrance to house, transportation, and lunch are covered! Trip is open to University students, faculty, staff, and their family members. Space is limited! RSVP to sbai@rochester.edu.

Deane L. Root, Director and Fletcher Hodges, Jr. Curator at the Center for American Music, University of Pittsburgh, will present the third lecture of the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies 2013 Humanities Project Series: The World of Susan B. Anthony. This event is free and open to the public and will be followed by an hors d'oeuvres reception. Visit http://www.rochester.edu/college/humanities/projects/index.php?sba to learn more about the World of Susan B. Anthony Series. Email sbai@rochester.edu with questions.

Gayle V. Fischer, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of History at Salem State University and author of Pantaloons and Power, will present the final lecture of the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies 2013 Humanities Project Series: The World of Susan B. Anthony. This event is free and open to the public and will be followed by an hors d'oeuvres reception. Visit http://www.rochester.edu/college/humanities/projects/index.php?sba to learn more about the World of Susan B. Anthony Series. Email sbai@rochester.edu with questions.

The Northeast LGBT Conference (NELGBTC) was founded in 1995 by SUNY Albany. This annual conference is held in March or April of each year for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and ally college students and the larger LGBTQ community. Visit http://www.nelgbtc.com for more information.

Rev. Dr. Patrick Cheng will give the second annual Rainbow Lecture. Rev. Dr. Cheng is a seminary professor at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA. He is also a theologian, attorney, and ordained minister. Rev. Dr. Cheng is a regular contributor to the Religion and the Gay Voices sections of the Huffington Post. His books Radical Love: An Introduction to Queer Theology (2011) and From Sin to Amazing Grace: Rediscovering Queer Christ (2012) are both important contributions to the field of queer theology and the rethinking of Christian doctrines. His book will be for sale at the event. To learn more about Rev. Dr. Cheng, visit his website at www.patrickcheng.net. Questions? Contact sbai@rochester.edu.